CN1135827C

CN1135827C - Method for retransmitting received facsimile news

Info

Publication number: CN1135827C
Application number: CNB98105305XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 金正来
Original assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Priority date: 1997-02-14
Filing date: 1998-02-14
Publication date: 2004-01-21
Anticipated expiration: 2018-02-14
Also published as: KR100233721B1; CN1194530A; US6115141A; KR19980067973A

Abstract

A facsimile re-transmits a received facsimile message to another subscriber without degradation of image quality. The facsimile includes first and second memories. The first memory stores the facsimile message received from a calling facsimile, receiving information for the facsimile message, and a selection number for selecting the received facsimile. The second memory stores facsimile numbers for subscribers to which the received facsimile is to be re-transmitted. At the user's request, the facsimile dials the facsimile numbers stored in the second memory to re-transmit the received facsimile message stored in the first memory to the subscribers.

Description

The method and apparatus of the Fax Messaging that forwarding is received

Technical field

The present invention relates to facsimile machine, specifically, relate to a kind of method and apparatus of facsimile machine fax sending and receiving message.

Background technology

For making facsimile machine that fax paper is sent to another facsimile machine, the facsimile machine of dispatch scanning fax paper earlier produces the corresponding pictorial data of file, and pictorial data is encoded.The pictorial data of having compiled sign indicating number is called Fax Messaging usually.Fax Messaging sends the facsimile machine of message in-coming to through telephone line.Then, the facsimile machine of message in-coming will be decoded into original pictorial data through the Fax Messaging that telephone line is received, and pictorial data is printed as mimeograph documents on record-paper.Here, since visual through overscanning, coding, transmission, decoding and print procedure, thereby the quality of printed matter has descended.

Think to transmit once more under the situation of the former printout of receiving in a manner described, because the quality of former printout is lower than original, thereby the quality gesture of the printout that prints for the second time is more much lower than original, and the handwriting is blurred thereby make this secondary printout.In addition, owing to adopt the facsimile machine printing facsimile information of inkjet technology to carry out with little length, the degree of former printout and secondary printout debase is more serious.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, the method and apparatus that the purpose of this invention is to provide the Fax Messaging that forwarding that a kind of image quality do not degenerate receives.

For reaching above-mentioned and other purpose, the method for transmitting the Fax Messaging of receiving in the facsimile machine that first and second memories are housed provided by the invention comprises the following steps: to receive the Fax Messaging from the dispatch facsimile machine; With the described Fax Messaging of receiving together with the reception information of described Fax Messaging and select the option code of the described facsimile message of receiving to deposit in the described first memory; The Fax number of the plan of the described fax of receiving being transmitted the targeted customer deposits in the described second memory; The Fax Messaging that is stored in the described first memory that to receive that dial-out is stored in the described Fax number in the second memory is transmitted to described user; Described method also comprises and receives the step that the user prints the request of transmitting, and prints the request of transmitting according to the user and will be stored in the step that described reception information in the described first memory and described selection number are printed.

Here, first memory is a random-access memory (ram), and second memory is a ready buffer storage in the CPU (central processing unit) (CPU).

In addition, facsimile machine is transmitted a kind of method of Fax Messaging, and this facsimile machine has first and second memories, and described method comprises the following steps: to receive the Fax Messaging from the dispatch facsimile machine; With the described Fax Messaging of receiving together with the reception information of described Fax Messaging with select the selection of the described Fax Messaging of receiving number to deposit in the described first memory; The user's that the plan of the described Fax Messaging of receiving is transmitted Fax number deposits in the described second memory; Dial-out is stored in the described Fax number in the second memory so that the Fax Messaging of being received that is stored in the described first memory is transmitted to described user; Wherein, described second memory is included in the middle buffer storage well that is equipped with of CPU (CPU) of described facsimile machine.

In addition, facsimile machine is transmitted a kind of equipment of Fax Messaging, and it comprises: receiving system is used for receiving the Fax Messaging from the dispatch facsimile machine; First storage device is with the reception information and the selection of selecting the described Fax Messaging received number storage of the described Fax Messaging of receiving together with described Fax Messaging; Second storage device, the user's that the plan of the described Fax Messaging of receiving is transmitted Fax number stores; Dialing mechanism is used for transfering to the described Fax number that is stored in second storage device so that the Fax Messaging of being received that is stored in described first storage device is transmitted to described user; User input apparatus is used for receiving the user and prints the request of transmitting; And printing equipment, print the request transmit according to the user and will be stored in described reception information in described first storage device and described selection and number print.

In addition, facsimile machine is transmitted a kind of equipment of Fax Messaging, and it comprises: receiving system is used for receiving the Fax Messaging from the dispatch facsimile machine; First storage device is with the reception information and the selection of selecting the described Fax Messaging received number storage of the described Fax Messaging of receiving together with described Fax Messaging; Second storage device, the user's that the plan of the described Fax Messaging of receiving is transmitted Fax number stores; Dialing mechanism is used for transfering to being stored in the described Fax number in the second memory so that the Fax Messaging that is stored in described first storage device that will receive is transmitted to described user; Wherein, described facsimile machine contains CPU, and described second storage device is included in a good buffer storage of outfit in the described CPU.

In addition, transmit a kind of method of the Fax Messaging of receiving from the dispatch facsimile machine, it may further comprise the steps: determine whether described Fax Messaging is received; When receiving described Fax Messaging, the described Fax Messaging of receiving is stored in the memory; Determine whether described memory is fully loaded; When described memory full load, deposit the described Fax Messaging of receiving in the described memory the oldest memory block; Print the described Fax Messaging of receiving; When receiving described Fax Messaging, determine whether to transmit the input of button; When having the input of described forwarding button, printing is transmitted.

In addition, transmit a kind of equipment of the Fax Messaging of receiving from the dispatch facsimile machine, it comprises: determine the device whether described Fax Messaging has been received; According to the described Fax Messaging of receiving, the described Fax Messaging of receiving is stored in device in the memory; Determine the device whether described memory is fully loaded with; According to described memory is full load, deposits the described Fax Messaging of receiving in the described memory the device of old memory block; Print the printing equipment of the described Fax Messaging of receiving; According to receiving described Fax Messaging, be used for determining whether transmitting the device of the input of button; According to the input that has described forwarding button, described printing equipment is printed one and is transmitted.

Description of drawings

Detailed description of the present invention can more be expressly understood above and other objects of the present invention, characteristics and advantage below reading in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is the functional-block diagram that can use facsimile machine of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the block diagram of Fax Messaging flow process in the facsimile machine of key diagram 1;

Fig. 3 is the flow chart of the Fax Messaging received of the forwarding of a most preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 show most preferred embodiment of the present invention give an example transmit.

Embodiment

Referring now to accompanying drawing, describes a most preferred embodiment of the present invention in detail.In the accompanying drawing, for the purpose of understanding, same numbering is represented components identical.Though will narrate in detail and illustrate the specific embodiment such as the flow process details for illustrating theme of the present invention, and not have the experts in these details present technique fields can implement the present invention by specification of the present invention too.To those known function and structures that need not to illustrate in detail, just do not illustrated here.

The present invention is that the Fax Messaging that will receive stores so that in case of necessity it is transmitted to another facsimile machine, thereby avoids image quality to degenerate.Therefore, facsimile machine of the present invention needs the separate, stored district of the Fax Messaging that storage receives.

Yet the facsimile machine of existing employing page printing technology all has a memory block for the Fax Messaging received of storage usually, thus the present invention if be applied on the facsimile machine that adopts the page printing technology, facsimile machine just need not independently memory block.

Fig. 1 shows the facsimile machine that the printer 16 that adopts the page printing technology is housed.Among the figure, the whole operation of CPU (CPU) 10 follow procedures control facsimile machine.Modulator-demodulator 12 under the control of CPU10 in dispatch state modulated pictorial data, demodulated image data under the message in-coming state.NCU (network control machine) 14 is setting up communication channel under the control of CPU10 between telephone line and modulator-demodulator 12.Printer 16 under the control of CPU10 with image printing on record-paper.Printer 16 is ink-jet page printer or laser page printer preferably.Memory 18 comprises a program storage [being ROM (read-only memory)] and a data memory [being RAM (random access memory)], and the former is for stored program usefulness, and the latter is for the data that produce in the temporary transient storage execute program process.Scanner 20 reads (scanning) original according to the control of CPU10.Operation panel equipment (OPE) 22 comprises a plurality of buttons and the display as the interface between user and the CPU10.Transducer 24 according to the various modes of operation of the control detection facsimile machine of CPU10 so that provide the detection data to CPU10.

Fig. 2 shows the Fax Messaging flow process of the facsimile machine that is applicable to Fig. 1.Referring to Fig. 2.The Fax Messaging that modulator-demodulator 12 will be received from telephone line is modulated into digital fax message; And it is deposited in the buffer storage 26.The digital fax message of ready buffer storage 26 buffer memory modulator-demodulator 12 under the control of CPU10 among the CPU10, and its output offered first decoder 28.28 pairs of digital fax message of receiving of ready first decoder are carried out error check and error correction among the CPU10, more treated digital fax message are deposited in the memory 18.The digital fax message that deposits memory 18 in is added on second decoder 30 by page or leaf.The digital fax message conversion that ready second decoder 30 of CPU10 will be read from memory 18 by page or leaf becomes the pictorial data such as the bit table pictorial data, it is sent to printer 16 again.Printer 16 is printed on pictorial data on the record-paper by page or leaf.

Fig. 3 shows the forwarding that can be applicable to above-mentioned facsimile machine and receives flow chart from the Fax Messaging of another facsimile machine.Referring to Fig. 3, describe the operating process of facsimile machine of the present invention below in detail.In step 32, CPU10 examines the Fax Messaging of whether receiving that the dispatch facsimile machine is sent through telephone line.If receive Fax Messaging, CPU10 just carries out error check and error correction in step 34 by means of 28 pairs of Fax Messaging of receiving of first decoder, and the Fax Messaging that draws is deposited in the memory 18 with store transformed shown in Figure 1.

Table 1

Select number	Content
Select number	Content	1	Fax Messaging and the reception information thereof received for the first time
2	Fax Messaging and the reception information thereof received for the second time	1
2		3	Fax Messaging of receiving for the third time and reception information thereof
4	Fax Messaging and the reception information thereof received for the 4th time	3

As shown in table 1, the Fax Messaging of receiving is in turn together with its corresponding selects number and reception information deposits in the memory 18.Here, select number sequence number of the Fax Messaging that finger is received, reception information then comprises for example Fax number, dispatch date and time and the number of pages of dispatch side.

After the storage Fax Messaging and reception information received, whether CPU10 enters step 36 forward and examines memory 18 and be in and show that it can not store the full load condition of the Fax Messaging of receiving again.If right, CPU10 just enters step 38 forward the Fax Messaging unloading of receiving is gone into to have in the memory block of the oldest Fax Messaging of receiving.Then, in step 40, CPU10 converts the Fax Messaging of receiving to pictorial data by means of second decoder 30, and provides it to printer 16 so that the Fax Messaging of receiving is printed on the record-paper.If memory 18 is not in full load condition in step 36, CPU10 just directly enters step 40 forward.After printing finished, CPU10 turned back to step 32.

If do not receive Fax Messaging in step 32, CPU10 just examines the user in step 42 and whether pushes the forwarding button and the Fax Messaging of receiving will be transmitted to other user.CPU10 can not enter step 44 forward when the forwarding button is not pressed, otherwise enters step 62.In step 44, CPU10 from memory 18 read select number and reception information so that shown in Figure 4 transmitting is printed on the record-paper by means of printer 16.As shown in Figure 4, transmit the selection number and the reception information that comprise the Fax Messaging of receiving, everything all is to deposit in turn in the memory 18.

The user can be by choosing on the transmission table the corresponding Fax Messaging of wanting to be transmitted to other users of number selecting him to receive selected.Transmit print finish after, whether the digital keys that CPU10 examines corresponding to arbitrary selection number in step 46 is in pressed state.If numerical key is in pressed state, CPU10 just receives the Fax number that the user pushed in step 48, and it is deposited in the buffer storage 26.CPU10 examines the user in step 50 and whether pushes the expression Fax number and push " continuation " button that another Fax number is pushed in " end " button that finishes or expression.If " end " button is in pressed state, CPU10 just enters step 52 and transfers to Fax number, and if " continuation " button is in pressed state, CPU10 just turns back to step 48 and receives another Fax number that the user pushes.In other words, to step 50, CPU10 receives the Fax number that a plurality of user pushes in step 48, and it is deposited in the buffer storage 26 in turn.

After each Fax number storage finished, CPU10 read the Fax number that is stored in its buffer storage 26 and transfers to Fax number in step 52.If the Fax number of storage is a lot of in the buffer storage 26, CPU10 just transfers to Fax number successively by the reception order of Fax number.Transfer to after each Fax number, CPU10 removes the Fax number of being transferred to.According to dialing, the telephone switching system (not shown) sends bell signal for the message in-coming facsimile machine.At this moment, if the message in-coming facsimile machine is responded bell signal, telephone switching system provides calling tone will for the dispatch facsimile machine.

Like this, transfer to after the Fax number, whether CPU10 just examines calling tone in step 54 and receives from telephone switching system.If receive calling tone, CPU10 just step 56 examine the user whether " startup " button on the pressing operation board device 22 want to message in-coming facsimile machine forwarding Fax Messaging.If " startup " button is in pressed state, CPU10 just enters step 58, if start key is not in pressed state, CPU10 just waits for that "start" button enters pressed state.In step 58, CPU10 sends to the message in-coming facsimile machine by telephone line with selected Fax Messaging.After transmission finished, CPU10 just examined the Fax number whether buffer storage 26 has other Fax Messaging targeted customer to be transmitted in step 60.If buffer storage has other Fax number of not removing, CPU10 just turns back to step 52 and transmits the Fax Messaging of receiving for the corresponding facsimile machine of next Fax number.But if buffer storage 26 does not have Fax number, step 60 just turns back to step 32.

In sum, the Fax Messaging that facsimile machine of the present invention will be received at first deposits in the memory, then the Fax Messaging of receiving is transmitted to another facsimile machine, thereby the secondary image of avoiding transmitting degenerates.

Above with regard to a certain most preferred embodiment explanation the present invention of the present invention, but it should be understood that not breaking away from the present invention, the experts in present technique field under the prerequisite of described spirit of appended claims and scope, can aspect form and details, carry out various modifications.

Claims

1. facsimile machine is transmitted a kind of method of Fax Messaging, and this facsimile machine has first and second memories, it is characterized in that, described method comprises the following steps:

Reception is from the Fax Messaging of dispatch facsimile machine;

With the described Fax Messaging of receiving together with the reception information of described Fax Messaging with select the selection of the described Fax Messaging of receiving number to deposit in the described first memory;

The user's that the plan of the described Fax Messaging of receiving is transmitted Fax number deposits in the described second memory;

Dial-out is stored in the described Fax number in the second memory so that the Fax Messaging of being received that is stored in the described first memory is transmitted to described user;

Described method also comprises and receives the step that the user prints the request of transmitting, and prints the request of transmitting according to the user and will be stored in the step that described reception information in the described first memory and described selection number are printed.

2. the method for forwarding Fax Messaging as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described reception information comprises Fax number, dispatch date and time and the number of pages of the facsimile machine of sending the documents.

3. the method for forwarding Fax Messaging as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that it also comprises the following steps;

Examine described first memory and whether be in full load condition; With

When described first memory is in full load condition, by the described Fax Messaging of receiving is rewritten in the memory block that has the oldest Fax Messaging of receiving, thereby the described Fax Messaging of receiving is stored.

4. the method for forwarding Fax Messaging as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described Fax number is transferred to successively by the order of storage, and eliminates from second memory after transfering to.

5. the method for forwarding Fax Messaging as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described first memory is a random access memory.

6. the method for forwarding Fax Messaging as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described second memory is included in and is equipped with a good buffer storage in the CPU of described facsimile machine.

7. facsimile machine is transmitted a kind of equipment of Fax Messaging, it is characterized in that it comprises:

Receiving system is used for receiving the Fax Messaging from the dispatch facsimile machine;

First storage device is with the reception information and the selection of selecting the described Fax Messaging received number storage of the described Fax Messaging of receiving together with described Fax Messaging;

Second storage device, the user's that the plan of the described Fax Messaging of receiving is transmitted Fax number stores;

Dialing mechanism is used for transfering to the described Fax number that is stored in second storage device so that the Fax Messaging of being received that is stored in described first storage device is transmitted to described user;

User input apparatus is used for receiving the user and prints the request of transmitting; And

Printing equipment is printed the request transmit according to the user and will be stored in described reception information in described first storage device and described selection and number print.

8. equipment as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, described first storage device comprises a random access memory.

9. equipment as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, described reception information comprises Fax number, dispatch date and time and the number of pages of the facsimile machine of sending the documents.

10. equipment as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that it also comprises:

Validation apparatus is used for examining described first storage device and whether is in full load condition;

Such device: is to be in determining of full load condition according to described validation apparatus to described first storage device, by the described Fax Messaging of receiving is rewritten in the memory block that has the oldest Fax Messaging of receiving, thus the device that the described Fax Messaging of receiving is stored.

11. equipment as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, described dialing mechanism is transferred to described Fax number successively by the order of storage, and described equipment also comprises cancellation element, is used for after transfering to described Fax number it being eliminated from second memory.

12. equipment as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, described facsimile machine contains CPU, and described second storage device is included in a good buffer storage of outfit in the described CPU.